Easy DIY notebook

This Blog post is from my old website before I switched to self-hosting. It was published on August 17, 2017

I am obsessed with cute notebooks but they tend to be a little expensive sometimes. Well, I came across some videos on YouTube on how to make your own notebooks but for a lot of the tutorials, you would need to buy some fancy materials. Since I am not patient enough to order something and wait for it to arrive at my home I came up with a quick and easy way to make my own notebooks.

What You Need

To make a little notebook yourself you don’t need any fancy supplies. All you need is:

some normal copy paper (I used white and orange paper for this notebook)

cardstock for your cover

liquid glue

scissors (or a cutter)

some paper clips or heavy books to press your paper together

If you want to make it a little bit fancier you can also use some patterned paper as well

How To Make Your Own Notebook

Step1:

Take your copy paper, fold it in half and stack it on top of each other. For this notebook, I used 23 sheets of paper, which adds up to 92 pages.

Step 2:

Take another piece of paper and cut it in half. This will be glued to the inside of your cover and secure your pages.

Step 3:

Add the first half on the front and the second half on the back of your already folded papers. If you used patterned paper make sure the pattern is facing the inside.

Step 4:

Now it is time to glue your pages together. Apply your glue on the back of your folded papers

Step 5:

While letting your glue dry use your paper clips to press the pages together. If you don’t have any paper clips you can also use a heavy book for this. Once everything is dry remove the paper clips.

Step 6:

The next step is to cut your cover in size. The easiest way for this is to use an unfolded sheet of paper. Place it on your cardboard and add a little bit of space on the top and bottom. Since your cover needs to hold your pages you will have to add some on the left and right of your piece of paper. If you are not sure how big your cover needs to be it is always good to make it bigger rather than smaller because you can easily cut off the left over cardstock in the end.

Step 7:

Once you have cut out your cover you need to prepare where to fold it. The easiest way is to measure it with your bundle of pages and draw a line where you will have to fold it. Go over the line with the unsharp side of your scissor or your knife

Step 8:

Fold the cover.

Step 9:

Glue in the front and back side of your paper bundle. I used double-sided-tape for this because I was not patient enough to wait for my glue to dry.

Step 10:

Enjoy your new notebook.

I hope all of my instructions are understandable. If not feel free to ask me in the comments.